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Mainstage Variable

paylyg

Usual pay at 1.9.98: gross/net deduction

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	103	0.71%
inapplicable	-8	13325	92.41%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
Before deductions	1	11	0.08%
After deductions	2	12	0.08%
No deductions	3	3	0.02%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	144	0.97%
inapplicable	-8	13760	92.52%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
Before deductions	1	8	0.05%
After deductions	2	11	0.07%
No deductions	3	2	0.01%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	14310	92.97%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Before deductions	1	55	0.36%
After deductions	2	35	0.23%
No deductions	3	11	0.07%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	14488	92.77%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Before deductions	1	71	0.45%
After deductions	2	58	0.37%
No deductions	3	12	0.08%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	14618	92.57%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Before deductions	1	79	0.5%
After deductions	2	57	0.36%
No deductions	3	12	0.08%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	15172	93.44%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Before deductions	1	90	0.55%
After deductions	2	56	0.34%
No deductions	3	18	0.11%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	15575	93.84%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Before deductions	1	62	0.37%
After deductions	2	52	0.31%
No deductions	3	12	0.07%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	36	0.19%
inapplicable	-8	17101	90.64%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Before deductions	1	404	2.14%
After deductions	2	454	2.41%
No deductions	3	71	0.38%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	14885	95.4%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Before deductions	1	102	0.65%
After deductions	2	77	0.49%
No deductions	3	8	0.05%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	20	0.13%
inapplicable	-8	14351	91.86%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
don't know	-1	5	0.03%
Before deductions	1	453	2.9%
After deductions	2	306	1.96%
No deductions	3	53	0.34%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	10460	95.91%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Before deductions	1	44	0.4%
After deductions	2	31	0.28%
No deductions	3	7	0.06%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.07%
inapplicable	-8	10740	95.95%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
Before deductions	1	45	0.4%
After deductions	2	28	0.25%
No deductions	3	7	0.06%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.1%
inapplicable	-8	9018	95.55%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
Before deductions	1	50	0.53%
After deductions	2	50	0.53%
No deductions	3	10	0.11%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	0.14%
inapplicable	-8	8723	94.31%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
Before deductions	1	42	0.45%
After deductions	2	41	0.44%
No deductions	3	8	0.09%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.11%
inapplicable	-8	8949	94.39%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
Before deductions	1	41	0.43%
After deductions	2	48	0.51%
No deductions	3	12	0.13%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	15	0.16%
inapplicable	-8	8880	92.5%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
Before deductions	1	62	0.65%
After deductions	2	49	0.51%
No deductions	3	16	0.17%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.07%
inapplicable	-8	9302	94.48%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
Before deductions	1	65	0.66%
After deductions	2	67	0.68%
No deductions	3	18	0.18%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	50	0.49%
inapplicable	-8	7367	71.78%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
don't know	-1	6	0.06%
Before deductions	1	1550	15.1%
After deductions	2	792	7.72%
No deductions	3	147	1.43%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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